Tag: shadow

Vue du Quai des Esclavons (1834)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Vue du Quai des Esclavons (View of the Quay of the Schiavoni) 1834 Oil on canvas, 32 × 46.3 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Venezia (Italia)

Rovine del Foro di Roma (c.1743)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Rovine del Foro di Roma (Ruins of the Forum, Rome) c.1743 Oil on canvas, 87 × 148 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Roma (Italia)

Canestra di frutta (c.1597-1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Canestra di frutta (Basket of Fruit) c.1597–1600 Oil on canvas, 54.5 × 67.5 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano This is probably the most famous painting in the collection of Cardinal Federico Borromeo, which formed the original nucleus of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.…

Bacco (c.1598)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Bacco (Bacchus) c.1598 Oil on canvas, 95 x 85 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting is part of the author’s early series of half-length portraits painted ‘in chiaro’, which includes works such as the ‘Fruttaiolo’ (Boy with a…

Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (1597)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1597 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 166.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The “Rest” is a masterpiece of extraordinary beauty and exceptional communicative immediacy by the young…

Maddalena penitente (1597)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1597 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 98.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Portrayed in an unadorned environment and sitting on a low chair, as if crushed by the shot from above, with a single ray…